National Network of Libraries of Medicine
Pacific Northwest Region
Quarterly Report
February to April 2005
Table of Contents
- Health Professional Access to Information
- Assess Needs of Health Science Librarians
- Network Membership Program
- Document Delivery
- Resource Libraries
- Communication
- Regional Advisory Committee
- Monitor Region's Programs
- User Feedback
- Training Facility
- NLM User/Non-User Needs Assessment
- NLM Grants
- Follow-up with NLM-funded Projects
- Outreach to Health Professionals
- Consumer Health Information Services
- Training to Support Electronic Access to Health Information
- Exhibits and Presentations at Meetings
- Technology Awareness and Integration
- Library Improvement
- Connections
C. ENHANCEMENTS
E. ADMINISTRATION, STAFF AND OTHER
A. NETWORK PROGRAMS
1. Health
Professional Access to Information
Nothing to report this quarter.
2. Assess Needs of
Health Science Librarians
We initiated a survey to determine what scholarly
communication and open access activities are being
conducted in the region, and learn what support from the
RML and NLM is desired.
3. Network Membership
Program
In this region as of the end of this quarter:
- 156 Full Members-same as last quarter. (Note that this number does not include WAUPNR, which is counted as a full member by DOCUSER because WAUPNR is active in DOCLINE. However, WAUPNR is the LIBID for the NN/LM PNR office.)
- 187 Affiliate Members-six more than last quarter: United Way of Anchorage (AKUIWO), Community to Community Development (WAUKEL), Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (WAUKGW), Alaskan Center for Rural Health (AKUKGX), American Indian Student Association (WAUKHJ), and Rural Health Development dba Montana Health Network, Inc. (MTUKHN).
- 156 full DOCLINE participants-same as last quarter. (Note that this number omits two Demo Libraries, WAUXXF and AKUXXK, which are "active" DOCLINE participants but are not real accounts; it also omits WAUPNR, which is an active DOCLINE participant but is the LIBID for the NN/LM PNR office. It also omits the three "Borrow-Only" DOCLINE libraries: Oregon State University ORUGYU; Willamette University ORUGYO; and Shriner's Hospital for Children Research Department, ORUCDQ-these are counted as affiliate members.)
- 24 Public Libraries-no real change from last quarter, but an apparent increase of one because Clearwater Memorial Public Library (IDUIFP) had been misidentified as "Other" rather than "Public." One of these public libraries, Port Townsend Public Library, WAUZEG, is a DOCLINE participant (and therefore a full member). Three of the public libraries listed in DOCLINE are not network members-their records were entered by NLM staff because they'd had ILL transactions with NLM: Seattle Public Library's record (WAUGZW), Asotin County Library (WAUJNV), Hillsboro Public Library (ORUJNT). So, 21 network members are public libraries.
- 146 libraries are contributing their Serial Holdings data to DOCLINE-no change from last quarter. This figure is obtained by using the DOCLINE filters "My Region" and "Reports Serial Holdings." This search returns a total of 149 institutions, two of which are demo libraries and one of which is the NN/LM PNR office. Eliminating those 3 leaves 146.
4. Document
Delivery
DOCLINE Tutorial: Region 4 has added sections on People,
Addresses, and creating serials Reports.
The decision was made to put planning regarding a Pacific Northwest docMD project on hold pending discussion with Resource Library directors at the meeting in October, 2005.
We revised and updated job description for the
Resource Sharing/Network Coordinator position and
advertised the upcoming vacancy.
5. Resource
Libraries
Nothing to report this quarter.
6.
Communication
This quarter PNRML staff me mbers participated in
conference calls for consumer health coordinators,
outreach/education coordinators, DOCLINE coordinators,
Special Populations Coordinators and the monthly NNO
conference calls for all staff as well as conferences
calls for special purposes.
There were 201 messages on HLIB-NW, the regional
discussion list that the RML manages and maintains.
Thirty-nine of these messages, or 19%, were sent from
PNRNews, the official NN/LM PNR announcement list.
The RML sponsored a webcast of the MLA satellite
teleconference/webcast "Partnering for Public Health:
Information, Librarians, and the Public Health Workforce"
on March 9, 2005. Eighteen network members and other
interested individuals attended.
On March 31, 2005 Dragonfly, the newsletter of the NN/LM
PNR, moved to a blog format. It is no longer a quarterly
publication. Articles and announcements are published as
soon as they are written and are now compiled monthly. A
feature of the new design is that readers can make
comments about the items that are posted. Announcements
and new articles will still be posted on PNRNews and
HLIB-NW lists to alert subscribers when new information
is available on the blog.
7. Regional Advisory
Committee
G. Kouame moderated the meeting of the Consumer Health
Advisory Committee on February 3 and 4. Part of the
meeting was dedicated to updates on topics from the
previous meeting and part was used to solicit input and
feedback from the group about expanded outreach focus
with community-based organizations.
8. Monitor Region's
Programs
Nothing to report this quarter.
9. User
Feedback
Nothing to report this quarter.
10. Training
Facility
NN/LM PNR hosted NTCC Gateway class on April 4 and PubMed
training on April 5.
11. NLM User/Nonuser
Needs Assessment
Nothing to report this quarter.
12. NLM
Grants
Linda Milgrom discussed potential IADL application with
Carolyn Adams ( Legacy Hospitals, Portland, OR), wrote
letter of support for Information Systems proposal
resubmission of PKIDs ( Vancouver, WA), and discussed
unsuccessful IADL application with Dolores Judkins (OHSU,
Portland, OR).
L. Milgrom was asked by NNO to serve on a Technical
Assistance/Proposal Writing Committee; first
teleconference March 2. Catherine Burroughs was asked to
serve on this committee as resource staff.
13. Follow-up with
NLM-funded Projects
Nothing to report this quarter.
1. Outreach to Health
Professionals
L. Milgrom gave a presentation on NLM resources and the
NN/LM to Executive Committee, Northwest Portland Area
Indian Health Board, Quinault, WA, April 20.
She also taught two hands-on workshops for staff of the
Washington Department of Health, Olympia, April 12.
2. Consumer Health
Information Services
G. Kouame taught "Prescription for Success" and "From
Snake Oil to Penicillin" classes in Portland - March 14.
Taught "Looking in All the Wrong Places" and "Beyond an
Apple A Day" classes in Portland - March 28. All sessions
were sponsored by PORTALS. Many participants were
interested in getting the CH Information Specialist
certification through MLA.
3. Training to
Support Electronic Access to Health
Information
L. Milgrom presented "What's New with PubMed" for UW
Health Sciences librarians, February 2.
We solicited proposals for new $10,000 express outreach
awards, applications due May 6.
We also reviewed and awarded three express planning
awards:
- Voices of Hope (Great Falls, MT) to facilitate a suicide prevention planning process with regional mental health centers, HIS, Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, and regional task forces.
- Puget Sound Alliance for Community Technology (PSACT, Seattle, WA) to conduct assessment and training with King County Housing Authority residents and staff.
- Cross Cultural Health Care Program (Seattle, WA) to plan contribution of Washington State info on multi-lingual and multi-cultural health materials into Refugee Health Information Network.
We kept in touch with ongoing Outreach Project Awardees (reports appended):
- St. Mary's Hospital, Cottonwood, ID, on schedule
- Public Health Nursing project (OHSU, Portland, OR), on schedule
Technology Training for Trusted Sources in Diverse Communities (Associates in
- Cultural Exchange, Seattle) completed their project and submitted their final report.
- AHEC/Lincoln County Health Coalition Internet Access Project (AHEC at WSU, Spokane, WA)-updates on project activities still a problem.
- Evaluating and Promoting Health Literacy in Recovering Alcoholics and Addicts at the Seattle Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center (UW Health Sciences Library, Seattle, WA), on schedule.
- Skagit County Health Literacy Project (Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA), on schedule.
- Alaska Health Information Outreach Project (Alaska Division of Public Health, Juneau, AK), on schedule
- Walking for Health (Willamette Falls Hospital, Oregon City, OR), on schedule
We also monitored five continuing AEHI projects, all on schedule, (reports appended):
- African American Reach and Teach Health Ministry: Access to Wellness Project 2004-2005 (Seattle, WA)
- Electronic Access for Reliable Health and Medical Information Project (Sno-Isle Regional Library, Marysville, WA)
- Health Reference Triage: Health Resources for Public Librarians (Tuality Health Information Resource Center, Hillsboro, OR)
- Locating Healthcare Resource for Rural Communities (Oregon Pacific AHEC, Corvallis, OR)
- Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (Voices of Hope, Great Falls, MT)
Quarterly reports were received for the five COPPA awards funded through NN/LM PNR subcontracts (reports appended).
4. Exhibits and
Presentations at Meetings
The RML and regional colleagues exhibited at the
following national and regional meetings. Exhibit reports
are included in the appendix.
National exhibits this quarter:
- None
Regional exhibits this quarter:
- Washington Library Association, Spokane, WA, April 20-23
- Montana Library Association, Billings, MT, April 23-26
Northwest Regional Rural Health Annual Conference, Spokane, WA March 23-25 Regional/local exhibit, funded by mini-award, to Julie Niederhauser, Kenai Community Library:
- Kenai Village Health Fair, Kenai, AK, March 12.
Reviewed and awarded mini-exhibit awards to:
- Julie Niederhauser, Kenai Community Library (above)
- Sally Bremner, University of Alaska Anchorage, for Alaska Palliative Care Symposium to be held May 10-12
- Cher Ketah, Edmonds Community College (Lynnwood, WA), for Indian Health Fair to be held May 6-8
5. Technology
Awareness and Integration
Nothing to report this quarter.
6. Library
Improvement
Nothing to report this quarter.
7.
Connections
R. Sahali assisted Lynn Holder, Director, UW Tribal
Community Partnership, Educational Partnerships &
Learning Technologies, with planning for the Colville
Tribe behavioral health grant proposal to HHS.
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PNR staff attended and participated in the HIP Advisory Committee meeting on February 3-4, and the MLA Satellite Conference on Public Health, March 9. PNR staff also provided an RML update at the Washington Medical Librarian Association annual conference April 1.
L. Milgrom, Kathi Canese, and staff of GeneClinics had teleconference and discussions regarding special genetics searches/hedges in PubMed.
L. Milgrom attended Beyond Google CE class in conjunction with WMLA meeting March 31, and the Regional Steering Committee meeting, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, Seattle, April 14-15.
L. Milgrom also served as a peer reviewer for an article about PubMed searching to be published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
M. Blake attended a day-long workshop "Effective Marketing for Libraries" in Bellingham, Washington, sponsored by the Washington State Library.
M. Blake co-taught "Measuring Your Impact: Using Evaluation to Demonstrate Value" a class for hospital librarians that M. Blake and Betsy Kelly, Evaluation Coordinator, NN/LM MCR, co-developed. They were invited to teach on March 4 by the NN/LM NER in Worcester, MA and over fifty librarians attended the day-long workshop.
C. Burroughs chaired a planning committee (R. Sahali, S. Barnes, G. Kouame) for a full staff retreat held February 24 and 25.
Sherrilynne Fuller attended the Northwest Tribal Leaders Summit on Water Quality in Sitka, AK, April 17-22 and provided a display with environmental health information which was very popular. In addition she did several information presentations on NLM resources.
S. Fuller also met several times with Dr. Charles Iliff, Admissions Specialist from Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, to discuss developing curriculum content on identifying and evaluating health information resources. Sheldon Jackson College is also interested in developing the health information specialist concept.
In addition S. Fuller met Barbra Holian, Director, Public Relations, SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, who is very interested in potential train the trainer session and also in our small grants for outreach projects.
